Mental Health Care in Phoenix, AZ

Freshstart Recovery

What Does Freshstart Recovery Offer?

Freshstart Recovery is a mental health facility at Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, offering telehealth therapy and residential care. It accepts Medicaid. Therapy approaches include CBT, DBT and couples and family therapy.


Phoenix, AZ 85041

SAMHSA lists this facility's programs separately: Dunbar House; Donner House.

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

Types of Care at Freshstart Recovery

  • Residential/24-hour residential

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
  • Medicaid

Crisis and Emergency Services

  • Crisis intervention team

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

  • Activity therapy
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Couples/family therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
  • Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Who the Program Serves

  • Young adults
  • Seniors or older adults
  • Veterans
  • Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Clients who have experienced trauma
  • Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Adults
  • Ages: Seniors

Medications Used

  • Fluphenazine
  • Haloperidol
  • Loxapine
  • Perphenazine
  • Aripiprazole
  • Clozapine
  • Olanzapine
  • Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
  • Quetiapine
  • Risperidone
  • Nicotine replacement
  • Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Housing services
  • Court-ordered outpatient treatment
  • Diet and exercise counseling
  • Family psychoeducation
  • Psychosocial rehabilitation services
  • Vocational rehabilitation services
  • Case management service
  • Suicide prevention services
  • Education services
  • Metabolic syndrome monitoring
  • Laboratory testing

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to find a therapist you can afford lists the questions to ask when you call, and mental health care in Arizona lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.

Sources

  1. SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov listing data, checked October 2026
  2. About FindTreatment.gov (SAMHSA)

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